A short tribute to WILL ROGERS, homespun actor popular in the '30s who was a kind of statesman and "everyman" type of screen player noted for his kindly philosophy and status as a good American, which ends with a plea for audiences to contribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund.
GARY COOPER and HARRY CAREY talk about him in affectionate terms, Cooper calling him "a great American." We see a clip of the accident scene in a lake where the plane crashed with Rogers and Wiley Post aboard, both of them killed immediately.
A number of clips (all in poor condition) are shown from his films, none of which do more than show that he played country bumpkin types.
ALLAN JONES sings a cowboy song under open skies and then ROBERT TAYLOR faces the camera for a final talk to the audience, asking them to contribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund. The picture fades out and we hear "Old Lang Syne" on the soundtrack with a black screen.
End of a very uninspired short on Will Rogers. The film clips are totally underwhelming.
GARY COOPER and HARRY CAREY talk about him in affectionate terms, Cooper calling him "a great American." We see a clip of the accident scene in a lake where the plane crashed with Rogers and Wiley Post aboard, both of them killed immediately.
A number of clips (all in poor condition) are shown from his films, none of which do more than show that he played country bumpkin types.
ALLAN JONES sings a cowboy song under open skies and then ROBERT TAYLOR faces the camera for a final talk to the audience, asking them to contribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund. The picture fades out and we hear "Old Lang Syne" on the soundtrack with a black screen.
End of a very uninspired short on Will Rogers. The film clips are totally underwhelming.